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Some people say that television is a very useful tool when it comes to

education. Others argue that television is a much overused, ineffective

teacher.

Discuss both of these views and give your opinion as to the usefulness of

television as an educational tool.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your

own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

Model Answer 1:

There is a lot of controversy on the topic whether TV can play a role of a

teacher. Some people hold a viewpoint that it can never be educational at all.

Others, although, disagree, referring to TV's high potential of teaching through

amusement. As a matter of fact, television nowadays can hardly be called

educational. All those talk shows and soap operas we see every day are a

complete waste of time and can even have negative effects by distracting young

and undisciplined people from their studies. Moreover, the most of the so-called

educational programs in channels like National Geographic channel can not

replace books and academic lectures because they tend to entertain people and

have not an aim to give deep and concentrated knowledge. However, TV can be a

powerful mean of delivering information and a nice part of learning process.

Educational Methodists have proved that the more senses are involved at the

time of studying; the more effective result can be achieved. Television produces

both picture and sound, so its usefulness is obvious. Many teachers already use

this advantage actively by showing students video cassettes which go as

supplementary material to many language courses. So why not to broadcast such

movies through television? The problem of the ineffectiveness of television as an

educational tool is in fact not a problem of television itself, but of people who

decide the content of the particular channel. It is hardly unlikely that content

directors would abandon their high profits and change talk shows to lectures and

video lessons. Therefore, those, who insist on the uselessness of TV, maybe right,

but let us not forget that as technology improves new cheap ways of

broadcasting appear, for instance, video broadcasts. They can prove the exclusive

power of such learning tool as television.

Alternative Answer 2:

People are divided in opinion if television is a great source of education and

knowledge or not. Both of these two groups have their reasoning and logic. In

this essay, I will discuss both the viewpoint to represent the effectiveness and

drawbacks of TV as the source of education. To mention the disadvantages,

television channels are too much commercial nowadays and they would produce

any program to attract people no matter if they are authentic or not. There are

plenty of choices for channels and people tend to use their TV as an